MYS370: For some people who have profound difficulties speaking, alternative communications systems known as Facilitated Communication and Spelling to Communicate have been developed and the results appear miraculous. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the methods, the claimed results, and the controversy surrounding them.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTubeHelp us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today?Links for this episode:* 1993 Frontline documentary Prisoners of Silence* 2023 Spellers documentary* The Reason I Jump clip* James Todd’s encyclopedia article “Rapid Prompting”* Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)* Classic Autism* Asperger’s Syndrome* Autism Spectrum Disorder* Savant Syndrome* Facilitated Communication* Rapid Prompting/Spelling to Communicate method* Abuse allegations and Facilitated Communication* Ideomotor Effect* Sabine Hossenfelder’s video on Autism* Kyle Hill’s video on Autism* Autism Is Not My Superpower’s video* Instagram video of Facilitated Communication* Katharine Beals’s review of Spellers* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!* Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore.* Join the conversation at the